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Well, I'm looking forward to seeing if my alt stays on the leaderboard or not once GLIXARE is implemented. Thanks for the information. I knew the basics (what things mean), but not how to actually calculate expected win rate. I also didn't know what volatility was based off of.

paramylodon/TheExperiment (an alt I've been using more often recently). First choice: Germany (probably easier to get into?) Second choice: USA South

Just as a comment, I don't think mixape will do a very good job of luring swampert out at all (who uses swampert as their ape counter/check when specially based mixapes always have grass knot?). However, something like mixgross or mixrachi would work very well at luring out pert (pert is often a...

Flash, a team I'm toying with now has a core very similar to this. I'm currently running cursetar, and my magnezone set is fairly different (much slower, although I'm thinking about increasing speed, and with hp: ice/magnet rise). Gengar is the same. Added to this was a mence (for...

This team is week to water types in general. I repeatedly lose to sweeps from the likes of gyarados (jolly LO bounce gyarados, or ice fang gyara that gets some flinch/freeze hax), suicune, and starmie when using this team. Perhaps the fact that I'm testing meteor mash/bullet punch/eq/sr as the...

It is interesting that gyara has finally surpassed heatran. Being able to set up on the most used pokemon is truly something that is very beneficial to it. Nearly 37% of azelf uses are not as a lead. While 73% of usages as a lead is very telling of a pokemon's role, it still shows that azelf is...

MS, those are some good comments. I think I'll let Flashstorm reply to most of them. Like you've said, it would entitle some heavy changes to turn heatran into a sub/toxic tran to avoid that massive luke weakness it opens up. I haven't had all that much trouble with this happening, however I...

I'm surprised at the lack of comments, you put a nice amount of effort into this RMT. Also, gyarados isn't necessarilly handled by zapdos. Offensive variants can OHKO with stone edge after a DD. Zapdos also can't into a rhyperior's stone edge, but if you get it in on an eq or with a free...

I miss bullet punch sometimes (such as against lead ape). I may test it over explosion sometime, however explosion is generally very useful, so I think I will end up preferring explosion (netting kills against potential problem pokemon, like you said, can be game breaking). EDIT: One problem...

Vaporeon is also immune to waterfall (and is something I've encountered a few times, though my opponents thankfully never realized the value of keeping their vaporeon alive). I'm testing the team with DDmence, as that is the list you gave me. It works well, although, as you've stated, dies very...

Luke 2x resists bullet punch (steel is neutral against fighting). I liked the warstory, but I'm not sure if my standards are that high. I simply enjoyed the read.

Sorry; I should read more carefully. I quickly read through both your and legacy raider's posts, so I got all the main ideas. I should really double check before saying anything. I get your point now that still 2 sr weeks isn't really that big of a deal, so that he can go without the spinner.

MS, weavile is sr weak (as is togekiss) so that makes 2. Also, I was under the impression most leadtran have a + speed nature. -I just checked the analysis and saw that it recommended timid/naive, so + speed would presumably be the most common. I used to run a flygon with t-punch, and I...

If I do not have sandstorm on my team it then sounds like it would be better to have rotom with the full 252 evs, as stealth rock is virtually always out, while sandstorm (tyranitar+hippowdon usage, minus the times they're both used) is much less frequent. Of course, if my team contains...

Gengar is not at all outclassed by rotom-a. Gengar still has a monstrous special attack stat and possesses blistering speed (both stats equivalent to that of latios). Rotom-a has its own uses and is very good overall. However, you can't say gengar has disappeared (or has been outclassed by...

Max hp on scizor gives you a stealth rock number. This means you take 1 extra damage from stealth rock. Switch it in once and you would have the same much hp left as you would had you moved those 4 hp evs to defense/special defense (and then you'd therefore take hits slightly worse). Switch it...

I often go for a number divisible by 16 on pokemon with leftovers. Do you think this is bad for those pokemon not immune to sandstorm? Sandstorm would cancel out the extra recovery, and then I'd have a stealth rock number as well.

A team like that is simply inferior to the type that Stathakis advocates. Choice moves will lock you into attacks that then allow him to use your pokemon as set up fodder, and obviously the likes of a free +1 attack and speed + life orb or +2 attack and life orb is far superior to simply +1 (and...

That is very cool mormoopid; excellent work and I'm sure an awesome experience! To bad your back is apparently giving you trouble. How well can you still get around in that (harsh looking) terrain? Where I live we never even ever get snow, let alone anything like that.

It only takes a turn to set up one layer, and then everything grounded takes 12.5% (plus another 12.5% if they're sr neutral) which alone can have quite an impact. LO DDmence can now OHKO that swampert with outrage. Even with just a turn, spikes can make a big impact. You don't necessarily have...